Fire Suppression / EMS

2398 Calls for Service

49 Fires

9 – Building fires

6 – Mutual aid to the fire

6 – Cooking fires

10 – Vehicle fires

1 Overpressures, Ruptures, or Explosions

1116 Rescue/Medical Responses

901 – Medical responses

143 – Mutual aid medical responses

68 – Motor vehicle accidents

114 Hazardous Conditions

9 – Flammable/combustible liquid spills

45 – Natural gas leaks

47 – Wires arcing and/or down

181 Service Calls

24 – Mutual aid line boxes or station coverage

22 – Lockouts

17 – Water Problems

58 Good Intent Calls

23 – Smoke scare/Odor of smoke

8 – Authorized controlled burning

351 False Alarms

198 – Alarm Malfunctions

29 – Carbon Monoxide detector activations with no fire

1 Severe Weather & Natural Disaster

1 – Lightning strike with no fire

EMS Mutual Aid

143 – Bedford Rescue responded to surrounding communities

100 – Received medical mutual aid

74 – Received mutual aid ambulance due to multiple simultaneous incidents

26 – Received mutual aid ambulance due to multiple patients at one incident

Response Locations

26% (618) of our calls were in the Northeast Quadrant, which includes Old Billerica Road, Crosby Drive, Middlesex Turnpike, and Route 3

• 20% (483) of our calls were in the northeast commercial/industrial area near Middlesex Turnpike and Crosby Drive

20% (488) of our calls were in the Northwest Quadrant, which includes North Road and Springs Road

20% (486) of our calls were in the Southeast Quadrant, which includes most of Great Road, Wiggins Avenue, and Ashby Road

22% (523) of our calls were in the Southwest Quadrant, which includes most of Concord Road, Hartwell Road, Davis Road, and South Road

9% (205) of our calls were to mutual aid to nearby communities

Target Response Areas

• Bedford Veterans Administration Hospital accounted for 143 emergency responses

• Carleton-Willard Village (excluding townhouses) accounted for 58 responses

• Avalon at Bedford Center counted for 19 emergency responses

• Thompson Farm (new 180 unit apartment complex) accounted for 13 emergency responses

Apparatus

Engine 1 – 1137
(Placed as second due on September 8)

Engine 2 – 133
(Retired in September)

Engine 3 – 460
(Placed as first due on September 8)

Ladder 1 – 314

Rescue 1 – 71

Rescue 2 – 1119

Forestry 1 – 95

Fire Prevention

727 Permits

85 – Commercial plan reviews

70 – Residential plan reviews

56 – Fire alarm installations

108 – Fire sprinkler system installations

45 – Flammable storage permits

37 – Oil burner/tank installations

515 Inspections

160 – Smoke detector inspections